Mister Rogers told -star Officer Clemmons to not e out as gay and to marry a woman | Fox News

Contents:

• MISTER ROGERS' SURPRISG RELATNSHIP WH HIS GAY COSTAR OFFICER CLEMMONS
• MISTER ROGERS ENURAGED GAY COSTAR OFFICER CLEMMONS TO STAY THE CLOSET AND MARRY A WOMAN
• MISTER ROGERS TOLD CO-STAR DON'T COME OUT AS GAY, AND MARRY A WOMAN
• MISTER ROGERS TOLD -STAR OFFICER CLEMMONS TO NOT E OUT AS GAY AND TO MARRY A WOMAN
• WAS MR. ROGERS GAY?

MISTER ROGERS' SURPRISG RELATNSHIP WH HIS GAY COSTAR OFFICER CLEMMONS

And the relatnship between the two men — one black, the other whe; one gay and sgle, one straight, married, and a father to two children; one trovert, one extrovert — would bee somewhat of “a marriage. “Someone has rmed that you were seen at the lol gay bar downtown.

Now, I want you to know, Franc, that if you’re gay, don’t matter to me at all. Whatever you say and do is fe wh me, but if you’re gog to be on the show as an important member of the Neighborhood, you n’t be out as gay.

He and Sheridan would amibly divorce 1974 and he would beg livg life as an openly gay man.

MISTER ROGERS ENURAGED GAY COSTAR OFFICER CLEMMONS TO STAY THE CLOSET AND MARRY A WOMAN

Rogers ran the gamut, om claims that he had an earlier reer as a Mare sniper or Navy SEAL (he did not serve the ary any pacy), to the accatn that he was a nvicted child molter (no crimal rerd of any kd has e to light), to mblgs that spe a half-century-long marriage to the same woman, he was actually gay (ntrary to all available evince).

” and my gay ass, gay of the fay, Miss Fay Homosexual had to be like “he was WHAT? Rogers himself was often labeled “a sissy, ” or gay, a rogatory sense.

So if they are sayg he’s gay bee... In nversatn wh one of his iends, the openly gay Dr.

MISTER ROGERS TOLD CO-STAR DON'T COME OUT AS GAY, AND MARRY A WOMAN

Then the follow up: "People don't say to me, 'Was he gay, ' but 'Isn't he gay? In other words, 'Isn't he gay? Rogers' sexualy was briefly discsed the 2018 documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor, but the discsn centered on mors that he was gay.

Rogers' Neighborhood and was himself (at the time of the terview) openly gay. Rpondg to the scuttlebutt about Rogers' sexual orientatn, Clemmons said: "First of all, no, he’s not gay. I tell everyone who asks me, ‘No, he’s not gay.

I spent enough time wh him that if there was a gay vibe I would have picked up. If you are a long-term relatnship, do you stop beg bisexual+ and “bee” gay or straight pendg on the genr of your partner?

MISTER ROGERS TOLD -STAR OFFICER CLEMMONS TO NOT E OUT AS GAY AND TO MARRY A WOMAN

Rogers's Gay, Black Friend François Clemmons Wears Tiaras Now. But Not if You're Gay.

"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" was no place for gay people... Franis Clemmons, who played Officer Clemmons om 1968 - 1995, says his new memoir, Fred Rogers got wd of the fact Clemmons was gay, pulled him asi and said, "Franc, you have talents and gifts that set you apart and above the crowd. Someone has rmed that you were seen at the lol gay bar downtown.

Now, I want you to know, Franc, that if you're gay, don't matter to me at all. "Whatever you say and do is fe wh me, but if you're gog to be on the show as an important member of the 'Neighborhood, ' you n't be out as gay.

WAS MR. ROGERS GAY?

”In a separate terview wh the outlet about the harrowg oral, Clemmons rells breakg down tears as his role on the televisn show relied upon keepg his homosexualy a secret.

”Followg his directn to not e out as gay, Rogers also enuraged Clemmons to marry a woman. While those clost to him sisted both durg his life and after his ath that he was ed straight, many people still believed the soft-spoken host whose missn life was to teach people to be kr to one another, was homosexual. Rogers gay?

"It was somethg people asked me a lot when they found out I was workg on the film: [whisperg] 'Was he gay? He wasn't as welg of gay rights as he was of racial tolerance. However, he did not get the same sense of welg when Rogers found out that Clemmons had been to a gay bar.